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Rapper 50 Cent Thinks Like a Harvard Businessman

Rapper 50 Cent Thinks Like a Harvard Businessman In this interesting interview, Hip Hop artist and rapper 50 Cent (aka Curtis Jackson) talks about his future plans as an entrepreneur and philanthropist. What's interesting about this interview is that many artists are actively expanding their activities beyond music and record sales, particularly as revenues…

ByPMMNovember 18, 20140Comments

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The Music Industry Is About To Change…

The last 30 years reshaped the music business in a way we never could have imagined. Music as a product changed dramatically (e.g. from LPs to MP3s) and the ups and downs in worldwide sales would make the most hardened theme park visitor queasy. Nonetheless, we have yet to experience the biggest switchback on this…

ByPMMOctober 4, 20140Comments

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UK music industry generated £3.8bn in 2013

UK Music Industry generated £3.8 billion The Guardian newspaper reported that the British music industry contributed £3.8bn to the UK economy in 2013, according to an annual trade report. With the sector seeing a 9% growth over the year before, lobbyists called for a stronger national copyright framework to increase royalties even further. The full Guardian…

ByPMMSeptember 13, 20140Comments

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Revenue Sources in the Music Industry

By David Goldstein Watch the music industry's revenue sources evolve over the years. Our friends over at Business Insider posted this interesting article and chart that shows how things have changed. The CD has slowly but surely been dying with the advent of the Internet. P2P services like Napster and Bittorrent have accelerated its demise, but…

ByPMMAugust 24, 20140Comments

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Amazon Launches Spotify Competitor

Amazon launches Spotify Competitor eCommerce giant Amazon launched a music streaming service that will compete head-on with Spotify, Pandora, Beats Music and Apple. With its Kindle tablets, Amazon has shown its ability to sell premium content in other categories such as books, film and TV successfully to its customers. As music streaming is becoming more…

ByPMMJune 12, 20140Comments

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The Future of Music Licensing

Top executives discuss the present and future issues in music licensing at MIDEM. Key trends and their impact on the music business.

ByPMMFebruary 3, 20140Comments

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Record Producer Darkchild & Lady Gaga

Watch record producer 'DarkChild' Rodney Jerkins with recording artist Lady Gaga Rodney Jerkins, also known as Darkchild, is one of the world’s top Urban record producers. In this very special video, we have the 37-year old multi-instrumentalist jam with Lady Gaga as they put the finishing touches on what was to become the huge international…

ByPMMJune 1, 20130Comments

People Record Producer

The Hit Factory: The Stock Aitken & Waterman Story

The Hit Factory: The Stock Aitken & Waterman Story Check out this brilliant documentary charting the success of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman, the songwriting and record-producing trio who scored more than 100 top 40 hits in the 1980s and 90s, including a string of number ones, with acts including Kylie Minogue, Jason…

ByPMMAugust 6, 20120Comments

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Music Publishing Explained

Music Publishing Explained Watch this quick primer on music publishing.

ByPMMAugust 2, 20120Comments

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How record producers make $100,000 in 5 minutes

How record producers make $100,000 in 5 minutes Watch superstar record producer JR Totem produce a cool beat in a couple of minutes. If he ends-up producing a beat that hooks a top artist, he could potentially score a $100,000+ production gig for himself. Not bad for 5 minutes, don’t you think? JR…

ByPMMJune 1, 20120Comments

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Rapper 50 Cent Thinks Like a Harvard Businessman

The Music Industry Is About To Change…

UK music industry generated £3.8bn in 2013

Revenue Sources in the Music Industry

Amazon Launches Spotify Competitor

The Future of Music Licensing

Record Producer Darkchild & Lady Gaga

The Hit Factory: The Stock Aitken & Waterman Story

Music Publishing Explained

How record producers make $100,000 in 5 minutes

will.i.am on the music business

Justin Bieber in the studio

Elektra record label president Jeff Castelaz on how to get a record deal